A tornado briefly touched down just northwest of Wharton. There was no damage.
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A tornado briefly touched down just northwest of Wharton. There was no damage.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 28, 11:51 AM CST, 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX
1251 PM CDT MON JUN 28 2010
.UPDATE...
18Z AVIATION UPDATE BELOW.
&&
.AVIATION...
A VERY ACTIVE (MVFR) DAY WITH WIDELY SCATTERED CONVECTION POPPING
WITHIN THIS VERY MOIST AND WARM SE TX AIR MASS. PULSERS THAT GO UP
AND QUICKLY GO BACK DOWN WITH THE MAIN ISSUES BEING HEAVY DOWNPOURS
LIMITING VISBIES TO AS LOW AS VLIFR. WEAKLY SHEARED ENVIRONMENT
MEANS THAT WINDS WILL NOT BE AN ISSUE (ALTHOUGH VRB WINDS COULD
GET UP TO 25KTS UNDER CENTRAL CORE DOWNDRAFTS). MAINLY VCTS THROUGH
DAYTIME WITH BEST MOVE GOING WITH TEMPOS DURING ACTUAL OCCURRENCE.
ONCE HEATING IS LOST...SCATTERING OUT TO MAINLY HIGH DECKS. NOT
MUCH CHANGE IN MOISTURE AND STABILITY INDICES SO...BY TUE 15-16Z...
EXPECT MORE TCU EVOLVING INTO VCTS WITH PROB30S AS PLACE-MARKERS
FOR EVENTUAL TEMPOS TO COMPLETE THE CYCLE.
TUESDAY'S WINDS WILL BECOME MORE EASTERLY AND PICK UP IN MAGNITUDE...
15 TO 20 KTS...PER ACCOUNTING FOR FAR OUTER BANDS OF TS OR HURRICANE
ALEX. 31
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1039 AM CDT MON JUN 28 2010/
DISCUSSION...
BUMPED POPS UP AREAWIDE BASED ON CURRENT TRENDS. HIGHEST CHC
APPEARS TO BE SW AREAS...BUT SHOULD AT LEAST BE SCT EVERYWHERE DUE
TO PW VALUES INCREASING TO AROUND 2 INCHES. ALSO NUDGED MAX TEMPS
DOWN A COUPLE OF DEGREES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE AREA. 33
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
COLLEGE STATION (CLL) 77 95 76 91 76 / 30 30 20 40 20
HOUSTON (IAH) 78 94 77 90 76 / 20 30 30 40 50
GALVESTON (GLS) 82 90 82 88 82 / 20 30 40 40 60
&&
.HGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
TX...NONE.
GM...SMALL CRAFT SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: GALVESTON BAY...MATAGORDA BAY...WATERS
FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL 20 NM TO 60
NM...WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT
20 NM...WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT 20 TO 60 NM...
WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT OUT 20 NM.
&&
DISCUSSION...33
AVIATION/MARINE...31HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 553 AM CDT MON JUN 28 2010 GMZ330-335-TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238- 291200- AUSTIN-BRAZORIA-BRAZOS-BURLESON-CHAMBERS-COLORADO-FORT BEND- GALVESTON-GALVESTON BAY-GRIMES-HARRIS-HOUSTON-JACKSON-LIBERTY- MADISON-MATAGORDA-MATAGORDA BAY-MONTGOMERY-POLK-SAN JACINTO- TRINITY-WALKER-WALLER-WASHINGTON-WHARTON- 553 AM CDT MON JUN 28 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY RESIDENTS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF TROPICAL STORM ALEX. ALEX IS FORECAST TO STRENGTHEN INTO A STRONG CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE TOWARD MIDWEEK AS IT TRACKS TOWARD THE LOWER TEXAS AND NORTHERN MEXICAN COASTLINE. KEEP IN MIND THERE IS STILL CONSIDERABLE FORECAST UNCERTAINTY THAT FAR OUT. EXPECT BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO INTERMITTENTLY PUSH THROUGH THE REGION THIS WEEK WITH BEST CHANCES OF PRECIPITATION NEAR THE COAST. SEAS AND TIDE LEVELS WILL ALSO BE ON THE INCREASE AND A COASTAL FLOOD WATCH MAY BECOME NECESSARY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. GMZ350-355-370-375-291200- WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL 20 NM TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT OUT 20 NM- 553 AM CDT MON JUN 28 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY MARINERS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE PROGRESS OF TROPICAL STORM ALEX AS IT MOVES NORTHWESTWARD ACROSS THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO. ALEX IS FORECAST TO STRENGTHEN INTO A STRONG CATEGORY TWO HURRICANE TOWARD MIDWEEK AS IT TRACKS TOWARD THE LOWER TEXAS AND NORTHERN MEXICAN COASTLINE. KEEP IN MIND THERE IS STILL CONSIDERABLE FORECAST UNCERTAINTY THAT FAR OUT. WINDS...SEAS AND WEATHER ARE EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE ACROSS THE UPPER TEXAS COAST THROUGH MIDWEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED.
The Houston radar (KHGX), 107 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:11 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A tornado briefly touched down to the northwest of Wharton. There was no damage.
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